Re: [PATCH] Provide rowcount for utility SELECTs

From: Boszormenyi Zoltan <zb(at)cybertec(dot)at>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Hans-Juergen Schoenig <hs(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Provide rowcount for utility SELECTs
Date: 2010-02-12 18:55:36
Message-ID: 4B75A428.2020101@cybertec.at
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Robert Haas írta:
> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Boszormenyi Zoltan <zb(at)cybertec(dot)at> wrote:
>
>> Robert Haas írta:
>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Boszormenyi Zoltan <zb(at)cybertec(dot)at> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I added a small change to protocol.sgml for the
>>>> "CommandComplete" message describing the change.
>>>> Is it enough?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Ah, I didn't even see that that section needed to be updated. Good
>>> catch. I'd suggest the following wording:
>>>
>>> For a <command>SELECT</command> or <command>CREATE TABLE AS</command>
>>> command, the tag is SELECT rows... [and the rest as you have it]
>>>
>>> We should probably also retitle that section from "Retrieving Result
>>> Information for Other Commands" to "Retrieving Other Result
>>> Information" and adjust the text of the opening sentence similarly.
>>>
>>> Also I think you need to update the docs for PQcmdtuples to mention
>>> that it not works for SELECT and CTAS.
>>>
>>>
>> Ok, I will update libpq.sgml where this section resides.
>> What's a CTA, btw? Do you mean CTE, a.k.a. "Common Table Expression"?
>>
>
> Sorry, CTAS = CREATE TABLE AS SELECT.
>

Okay, new patch is attached. Please read the docs changes, and comment.

Thanks,
Zoltán Böszörményi

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